Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-27
Germany.
NEWS oF TIE WEEK

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~ BERIIN, June 26.-The prisoners
Koechlln and Blech who we're recently
convicted of treason in belonging 10 the
French Patriotic League We're to-day
transferred from Lepsic 10 Magdeburg
Fortres and their associates SChifTerman
and Trapp to Gratz where they will re-
main until their periods CT detention
expire. The government has heard
nothing of ne alleged 6ppl-
cation of France for their
release or com nutatiC of
their sentence and no approach at nego
;ia5ioas concerning them has been made
in auy form. II tie FrIuCI government
had taken such an unWise sep as 70 ask
j remission OF their sentence, Prince Bis
marc6 would certainly have ignored the
application. The opinion throughout
Germany is that the prisoners have been
leniently treated and may yet have their
sentences modified. Bat their only
chance of obtainjng Communication ia IN
cessation Of the Patriotic League agitation
and theii making direct appeal for mercy
10 the Emperor. The tone Of the French
press in demanding the release
Of Koechlin on the ground
mat he is q French citiZsn and
officer end was authorized by the German
government to reside in AsaCe-L Lorraine,
together with threats of retaliation on
( German subjects in France tends to in
crease the seventies against French NAL
contents in Alsact-L orraine, ana the pc
sition of the G ermans in France has be-
come under persecution 1arely tOlerable.
/ They would be hunted out OF the country
altogether but fer the protection guaran-
teed them under the Frankfort treaty,
which debars the French government
from placing probibitive impost upon
German residents II France. Measures
for repression of the French element in
Alsace-L Lorraine have been forced upon.
the Berlin government, which, however,
has never gone the length of preventing
French citizens from trading with French
residents in ReiChlaud. French manufaC-
turers and traders, so long as they are
mot associated with political cOIspira-
tors, are treated there on q footing with
Germans. In France, German traders
are now being stamped out. The latest
anti German project TO which the atten-
ton of Berlin officials has been directed is
g proposal before tee Chamber of Depu-
ties making foreigners resident in France,
who may be members, of an association
hostile 10 French int4ests, liable to fine
and to impTisonmEntAan expulsion.
The proposal =. is capable Of
such elastic Interpretation as to
cover all Germans sojourning in
France. This measure, if supported by
the government, will De assumed here to
be directly hostile to the Germans, and
will lead to an energetic remonstreLce as
breach of the Frankfort treaty.
The Official Gazette for Reichland in
contradicting the French fables about the
suppression OF foreign trades and French
manufactures in Alsace- Lorrsine defines
clearly what the German government
aims to accomplish. II declares that the
governments desire is to foster ali COM
mercisl activities, and to take only such
measures as may be necessary TO main
tain public peace and weaken influences
tending to retard the freedom Of Alsace-
Lorraine with Germany. This statement
is in harmony with wnat Is happening
In Alsace-Lorraine. Officials there
strictly observe the rule of noninterfer-
ence, even in case of notorious French
malcontents, unless acts in defal &c of
law be openly committed. French bust
ness agents are sWarming in the Reich
land and have the utmost license TO drive
their trade, although suspected of often
abusing their facilities. The decree Just
issued, forbidding volunteers in Alsace-
Lorraine to select their regiments, is an
instance of seeming tyranny, which, in
reality, is nstional measure forced upon